Return of the USS California

Ponies After People98 stories ·896 members

Commander Scott Haugen and the crew of the USS California (SSN-781) are eagerly awaiting a port visit to Sydney, Australia on May 24th, 2015. At 8:14 pm on the 23rd, something happens. Now ponies, can the crew get the sub into port? What about the sea monsters?

A Ponies after People story, as started by Starscribe, set in the Safe Landings storyline as started by Goldfur, with elements from Mixtape's 'Sin Never Dies" line. My gratitude to them all.

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Lt Rainbow Slash

Lt Rainbow Slash #1 · Aug 20th, 2017 · 1 · ·

So is this a one shot? Cause the bit at the bottom says 'incomplete'

SolangeEggbert

SolangeEggbert #2 · Aug 20th, 2017 · 1 · ·

Enjoyed this greatly, thanks!

Bronzedragon

Bronzedragon #3 · Aug 20th, 2017 · · ·

Exactly what I was talking about. Found this for you this section repeats. Love the story USCGC 82361 Point Charles here.

four minutes later, Weapons reported, Warhead detonations recorded, bearing zero-five-seven true. Let's hope we got the kill.
I hope so, too. Haugen said.

Almost in to port, Captain. Want to handle mooring from the bridge? Colonel Sleet asked.

Not a bad idea, but let's see if more trouble is coming from seaward first.

Alden MacManx

Alden MacManx #4 · Aug 20th, 2017 · · ·

Sorry, meant to fix that, but bunkie suction was too hard. Will fix now. Incomplete, that is. It IS done, though I may revisit later.

Sir Budginton

Sir Budginton #5 · Aug 20th, 2017 · · ·

“Conn, Sonar. Getting an unusual biologic contact, range one hundred thousand yards, depth twenty feet, bearing zero-five-seven, speed… seventy knots.” STS1 McCandless reported.

Wait the sonar on this ship can detect things 100,000 yards away. Are modern subs really that awesome or is that an exaggeration, seriously I want to know.

“Captain, fire control manned and ready. I take it the target is the Master One bearing one-nine-five?” said a voice from Fire Control, the voice of the Assistant Weapons Officer, LTJG Winstead.

Also I'm fairly certain a target is only designated as "master" when it has been detected on two or more systems, for example sonar and radar. I think if it's only detected on sonar then it is designated as "sierra"

Alden MacManx

Alden MacManx #6 · Aug 20th, 2017 · · ·

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Yes, they can detect at 100,000 yards, if it is a Convergence Zone (CZ) contact. Note they got range, bearing and speed, but not size. They were able to hold it enough to program the Tomahawks.

You may be right there, I was engineering, not Sonar, and I got my dolphins almost four decades ago. Errors can creep in, but i don't have any recent contacts to validate some of my claims. For sure I know nothing about the 774-class that does not come up on Wikipedia.

bluemoon1996